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Video Games as Treatment for ADHD?

Recent studies have indicated that video games can be an effective form of therapy for ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

To be frank, I think ADHD is over-diagnosed, even slapped on like a convenient label these days.
A kid doesn’t like school, must be ADHD.
Doesn’t get along with others? ADHD.
Fidgets in church? ADHD.
Just hit em’ with […]

Video Game Addiction

I just read yet another lame article that addresses the ‘problem’ of video game addiction. I don’t want to make light of another human being’s struggle but….
Oh scratch that. Of course I want to make light of it.

 According to the article I found via the Dallas Morning News (online version), a young lad […]

Digital Hypocrisy

I’m not a gun guy in the real world. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a flower child or anything; I’ve owned a few firearms in the past.

But I have, shall we say a temper. I figured it was best that I not have instant access to a lethal weapon, and I sold the last […]